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UNITED STATESI PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L. IUPPENLATZ AND ELMER R. MARTIN, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA,ASSIGNORS.

OF ONE-.THIRD TO OTTO N. MOORE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

AUTOMATIC CALENDAR AND ADVERTISER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 6, 1905. Serial No. 248,596.

Patented April 7, 190s.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, WILLIAM L. IUPPEN- LATz and ELMER R. MARTIN,citizens of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the countyof Marion and State of Indiana, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Automatic Calendars and Advertisers; and we do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for olisplaying and automaticallyshifting signs, such as signs used in calendars, advertising signs, anddevices or illustrations that may be designed to attract attention or toamuse, and the object of the invention is to provide attractive andinexpensive means for shifting or changing the calendars or signs; and,a further object is to provide attractive and amusing advertisingmediums.

The invention consists principally in novel apparatus for exhibitingsigns; and the invention consists further in the novel parts and thecombinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter particularlydescribed and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation oftheapparatus, the base of which is broken away; Fig. 2, a similar viewhaving parts broken away and showing a movable cup as when in the act ofreturning to its normal position after having been actuated; Fig. 3, aside elevation showing the cup in its normal position as when beingfilled to be actuated; Fig. 4, a side elevation showing the cup in theposition it would occupy when discharging its contents into thereceptacle therefor; Fig. 5, a top plan of the apparatus; Fig. 6 afragmentary vertical sectional view on the line A-A in Fig. 2 but withthe cup turned over; Fig. 7, a fragmentary horizontal sectional view onthe line B-B in Fig. 1; Fig. 8, a fragmentary horizontal sectional viewon the line C-C in Fig. 1; Fig. 9, a fragmentary horizontal sectionalview on the line D-D in Fig. 1; Figs. 10, 11 and 12, views of detachedparts of the apparatus; Fig. 13, a vertical detail section on the line Ein Fig. 7; Fig. 14, a fragmentary front elevation showing details ofconstruction and supplemental parts of the apparatus; Fig.' 15, afragmentary sectional view on the line F in Fig. 1; Fig. 16, a

fragmentary horizontal sectional view on the line D-D in Fig. 1 lookingupwardly; Fig. 17, a fragmentary front elevation showing modificationsin the calendar structure; Fig. 18, a fragmentary horizontal sectionalview on the line G-G in Fig. 17; and Fig. 19, a fragmentary invertedplan of the disk appearing in Figs. 17 and 18.

Similar reference characters in the drawin s designate like parts orfeatures.

n construction many of the parts may be composed of sheet metal, othersof tough card board, and others of either metal or glass; and belts maybe made of fabric or of strong paper.

In the drawings a designates a base on the front of which at a issecured a movable arm I-I adapted by means of spring parts t and c tovibrate both vertically and laterally. On the free end of the arm Il isa journal d on which is mounted a rock-arm I to the upper end of whichis secured a cup J having a spout e at the front thereof. A stop fprojects from the front of base a, in the path of the arm I and the rearof the cup which has an inclined back g. A tank K is mounted above thecup J and has ears h h engaging studs i 'i' attached to the base a, bywhich the tank is detachably connected to the base. The tank has a topin which is a'neck j closed by a plug 7c sulliciently loose to admit airinto the tank. The bottom of the tank is provided with a funnellikeoutlet tube Z extending above and also below the bottom through whichwater or' other liquid may pass slowly in drops.

Below the cup J is a receptacle K which is l interchangeable with thetank K, the rece tacle having ears h 7L also which detachab y connect itto the base a by means of studs m m secured to the base, and thereceptacle has also a neck in which is inserted a removable funnel Lwhich may be inserted in the neck of the tank K. The neck of thereceptacle may be closed by the plug 7c after removal of the funnel Ltherefrom. The receptacle K also has an outlet tube Z in the bottomthereof closed by a cap n which may be removed when necessary. The frontof the funnel L has a dash-plate p which, however may in some cases bedispensed with.

A calendar-front M of suitable shape has arms g g by which it isconnected to the base a, the front having a slot r therein. Nearthevupper end of the front M a pair of brackets s s are secured to thebase a and support an aXle t on which is rotatively mounted a sleeve uhaving a flange 20 at one end and an inclined flange 21 at the other endthereof. A pair of drive rollers N and N are mounted rotatively on thesleeve u, and adjacent to the roller N a ratchet wheel O is mounted alsoon the sleeve in engagement with the arm H A wedge P guided by thesleeve u engages the ratchet wheel and the Hange 21 and normally locksthe ratchet wheel and the rollers N and N to the sleeve u by means ofthe flanges 20 and 21. Near the lower end of the front M a pair ofbrackets c and c are secured to the base aand support an axle w on whicha guide roller R and a smaller roller R are rotatively mounted. A beltS, having thirty-one numbers 22 indicating the days of months, ismounted on the rollers N and R, and a relatively shorter belt S, havingtwenty-eight names 23 indicating the week days repeated, is mounted onthe rollers N and R. A tooth a: is attached to one side of the belt Snear the number 31 thereon. A disk T, having words 24 indicating thenames of the months, is mounted on a pivot 25 behind the front M, thedisk having teeth 26 adapted to be engaged by the tooth x, so that thedisk T may be moved periodically by the belt S. Behind the fronts of thebelts S S a table U is secured to the front M to support the belts incase it may be desired to write on the belts through the slot r. Thedisk T also has a laterally-proj ecting tooth 27 at a suitable point onits periphery. The numbers 22 and names 23 are spaced apart equaldistances on the respective belts so as to ordinarily move together, andsince there are possibly thirty-one days in a month, while the names ofthe week days are repeated four times, making twenty-eight, the belt Sis shorter than the other one, with a guide roller R smaller in diameterthan the other roller R for the longer belt.

In some cases, as shown in Fig. 14, a disk V is mounted on a pivot 28behind the front M and in a plane behind the disk T and has thereonnumbers 29 indicating various years numerically, as 1905, which may beread through a slot r in the front M, the disk having teeth 30 adaptedto be engaged by the tooth 27 to periodically move the disk V.

In some cases, in lieu of the front M, the rollers, and the belts anddisks above-described, a front W having a slot d may be substituted as amodification of the calendar structure, the front being connected bymeans of supports y and y to the base a, and behind the front on a pivotK is mounted a disk 31 on which are names 32 designating the months ofthe year 5 behind the disk 31 is a disk 33 on which are numbers 34indicating the days of the months; and behind the disk 33 is a disk 35having ratchet-teeth 36 at the back thereof in engagement With the thereceptacle K.

arm H for the operation of the disk. On the front of the disk 35 appearwords 37 designat-` ing the days of the week. The disks 33 and 35 areclamped together on asleeve Zby anut Y, the sleeve rotating on the pivotX, and the disk 31 is directly mounted on the circular inner end of thenut and may be moved independently of the other disks.

In practical use the tank K is to be filled with liquid which may dropfrom the tube at the bottom thereof into the cup J which will slowlydescend as the weight of the liquid increases therein until inally whenfull the cup will descend sufhciently to permit the inclined back g toengage the stop f, the latter causing the cup to tip over and empty itscontents into the funnel L and thereby into As the arm descends it willpass from one tooth to another of the wheel O, as from 38 to 39, (Fig.13,) and after the cup J has been emptied, the arm I-I will rise andactuate the ratchet wheel O and thereby the connected apparatus of thecalendar, the movements of the several elements of which will beunderstood from the foregoing description of their construction. Afterthe contents of the tank K may have passed into the receptacle, thesetwo vessels are to be transposed in position, the funnel L and the cap nand the plug lc being changed from one vessel to the other. Periodicallythe wedge P should be withdrawn and the belts S S changed relatively byhand, as will be understood, also at certain times the disks 31 and 33must be re-set by hand otherwise the dates will be changedautomatically.

It is to be understood that in lieu of the calendar numbers and names,other numbers, words or characters may be substituted for advertisingpurposes, and advertisements may be advantageously placed on the front Mand the base a.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is-

1. Sign-displaying mechanism including a base, a stationary shaftmounted on the base, a sleeve mounted rotatively on the shaft, a pair ofdrive rollers mounted on the sleeve and adjustable rotatively thereon,means for binding the rollers together to the sleeve, a pair of guiderollers mounted on the base, a belt mounted on one of the drive rollersand on one of the guide rollers and having Words thereon, a belt mountedon the other one of the drive rollers and on the other one of the guiderollers and having numbers thereon, and means for actuating the driverollers.

2. Sign-displaying mechanism including a base, a drive roller and aguide roller mounted on the base, a belt mounted on the rollers andprovided with a projecting tooth, a disk mounted rotatively on the baseand having teeth to be engaged by the tooth of the belt, and a slottedfront attached to the base and extendinglover the fronts of the belt andthe disk, and means for actuating the drive roller.

8. Sign-displaying mechanism including a base, a drive roller and aguide roller mounted on the base, a belt mounted on the rollers andprovided With a projecting tooth, a disk mounted rotatively on the baseand having teeth to be engaged by the tooth of the belt and having alsoa separate tooth thereon, a second disk mounted on the base and havingteeth tobe engaged by said separate tooth, means for actuating the driveroller, and a slottedfront attached to the base and extending over thebelt and the disks.

4. Sign-displaying mechanism including a base, a' stationary shaftmounted on the base, a sleeve mounted rotatively on the shaft, a pair ofdrive rollers mounted on the sleeve and adjustable rotatively thereon,means for binding the rollers together on the sleeve, a ratchet Wheelconnected with one of the rollers, a vibrating arm mounted on the baseand engaging the ratchet Wheel, a pair of guide rollers mounted on thebase, a pair of belts each one mounted on a drive roller and guideroller, a slotted iront attached to the base and extending over thebelts, and a table suitably supported under the slotted front beyondportions of the belts.

5. Sign-displaying mechanism including a base, a stationary shaftmounted on the base, a sleeve mounted rotatively on the shaft and havinga ratchet Wheel adjustable thereon, a pair of drive rollers mounted onthe sleeve and adjustable rotatively thereon, means for binding theratchet Wheel and the rollers to the sleeve, a pair of guide` rollershaving different diameters and mounted on the base, a belt mounted onone of the drive rollers and on the smaller one of the guide rollers andhaving conventional characters thereon, a belt mounted on the other oneof the drive rollers and on the larger one of the guide rollers andhaving conventional characters thereon and also provided With a lateraltooth, a disk mounted rotatively on the base and having conventionalcharacters thereon and provided With teeth to be engaged by the tooth ofthe belt, a slotted front attached to the base and extending over thebelts and the disk, an arm mounted on to the base and having a free endmovable in operative engagement with the ratchet Wheel, a table attachedto the front, and means for operating the arm.

In testimony whereof, We affix our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

WILLIAM L. IUPPENLATZ. ELMER R. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

HARRY D. PIERsoN, E. T. SiLvrNs.

